MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 23 December 1913, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1913.

(Before Messrs G. M. Rout and W. Bethwaite, Justices.)

CIVIL BUSINESS

Judgment was given for the full amount claimed, with posts, in the folio wine undefended causes :'r—Thos. Heath (Mr Wise) v. Thos. Trask, claim £6, costs 27s 6d; Albert .Wm.. Peters (Mr Harlev) v. Ernest Fennemoreyclaam i£B 3s 9d; costs 23s od; P. J. Dicksttn (Mr Harley) v. JoTin' Campbell, claim £2 lis, costs 245; W.S.,Squires (Mr. Hayes) v. Percy Cross, claim £7 Is ;6d, i posts 23| 6d. "Several other'cases waive adjourned or struck but. »\* 1 ';<";" ; : '"]} ' .": ; .•• {" . LICENSING CASES. Chas. Herbert' was charged, oil the information of the police;, \vith (1) procuring liquor, and (2) entering licensed preniises during the currency of & prohibition order. MAINTENANCE CASE. N The same defendant was also charged* on the information of the police,,.with failing to make provisioii,_fdr the maintenance of his'child. "'"] ... Both cases, being beyond the HirisdiCr t'io'h. of justices, wore adjourned until the 13th prox. ' OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Charged by the police with using ob. scene language on the railway wharf, on 17th inst., a man named Arthur Sullivan, a cabman, and for whom Mr Houlker appeared, pleaded not guilty. Evidence was given for the P°hce !vy Qhas. McGee,, <to wUic<m the. ;alj&g*d language was used, F. H. Roughton, iincTßobert R. Mead, all of whom testified that the language complained of had been used. McGee stated that defendant came up to him as ho (witness) was leaving the wharf at about 5 o'clock, and, without provocation, used the ob-. scene language. . v; Mr Houlker said defendant admitted using certain words, but not all those set out in the charge. Counsel alleged that some months ago a serious quairex had arisen between defendant and McGee The Bench said' that defendant was a licensed cabman rather aggravated the charge. There was no Jratification• foi such language, which was : iwedl, m. the presence of about 200 people. ■ g cf |." da V n 'would be convicted, and £2,_m default a month's imprisonme^ nt Defendant was also ordered to, pay 18s witnesses' expenses, and 7s Court costs.